Free agents: Henry Blanco, C; Elmer Dessens, RHP; Kelvim Escobar, RHP; Pedro Feliciano, LHP; Hisanori Takahashi, LHP; Fernando Tatis, OF.
Eligible for arbitration: R.A. Dickey, RHP; Sean Green, RHP; John Maine, RHP; Angel Pagan, OF; Mike Pelfrey, RHP.
Player options: None.
Club options: Jose Reyes, SS, $11 million.
Non-tender possibilities: Green, Maine.
MLB
As much as people are going to hate it, this kind of makes sense. Telling MLB teams to cut back on the boozing isn’t anywhere near as ridiculous as telling NBA players to turn their headbands right side up. The showers are a tradition and they definitely make for some memorable moments for the fans, but there’s no arguing it sets a bad example for kids.
We all know how it works: little kids look up to the players and want to be just like them when they grow up. When they see their idols pounding dozens of Bud Lights every time they clinch a series, you can likely see how that could become a problem. When they’re dousing little kids in beer to include them in the celebration, you can definitely see how that could become a problem. But let the backlash begin
Larry Brown
11-2-10 from: - ESPN - At the start of the AFL season, farm director Adam Wogan offered this analysis of Carr: “Nick throws hard. He was a starter at the beginning of his career and it was a good place for him to get the innings. He threw both a curveball and a slider. He’s more throwing a slider now and can show really good fastball velocity -- anywhere up to 98 mph, even 99 mph. I think he’s touched triple-digits in the past for whatever accuracy you give that on some of these guns. He definitely throws the ball hard, and is working on commanding the fastball and the slider a little better.”
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| michael g. baron |
I haven't made up my mind on Ike Davis. While he posted a lower OPS than all of these comparables, most of them benefited from some past major-league experience. I only compared full seasons for the sake of more representative data, but Ike's being a true rookie certainly helps his prospects.
The main factor that suggests to me he may genuinely grow from his rookie year is the prodigious power, but I'm not even sure homerun distance is that indicative. His September-surge was also encouraging, but it's hard to say how much of that was genuine improvements. His is a case I'll almost certainly revisit, particularly when projections start coming out.
amazin
Brad Holt:
amazin - STOCK DOWN - Now if there's a bright side, it's that he'd also never exhibited control problems even close to this degree. This year his BB/9 baseline of about 3.5 jumped up to 7+. The big question is, do you see this as a bump in the road or the beginning of the end? For me, I'm willing to revise my original projection of a top-of-the-rotation starter but I also am still not ready to say he's middle relief fodder at best. Reports maintain he's still hitting the mid-90's consistently and his secondary stuff is still improving. Now even if (like many) you don't buy into his breaking stuff, when he's spotting his fb he obviously misses bats (he's also never posted a K/9 below 8 at any level). So in that case I'm still seeing a late inning, high velocity relief prospect which isn't an insignificant role. Of course, that's all if he can reharness that command which granted is a big if but returns from the AFL so far have been good.
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